Improvement in gloves



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORSON BARTLI'I AND GEORGE D. EDSON, OF ROGKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GLOVES.

Specification forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 911,380, dated August3l, 1369.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OnsoN BARTLIT and GEORGE D. EDSON, of Itockfordnnthe county of Iinnebago and State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Mittens; and we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings and to the letters ot' reference markedthereon.

This invention has for its object the uniting of the thumb .and hand ofthe mitten in such manner that no strain can come directly upon a seamwhen the thumb is pulled back from the hand; and to this end the mit-tenis constructed of four peculiarly shaped pieces, which, with the manner0f uniting the same, will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figure l represents two views, in perspective, of thecomplete mitten, and Fig. 2 represents the parts as they are cnt fromthe material before being united.

To enable others skilled in the art to make our improved mitten, we willnow explain the manner otl cutting the parts and uniting them together.-

A represents the back ot' hand and gauntlet as cut Yfrom the material.It will be observed that thc sides of the hand are nearly parallel witheach other, but the wrist is slightly curved inward, and the gauntletoutward, on the one side, while the other is nearly straight. Brepresents the front of gauntlet and back ot' thumb. The outer line al,Fig. 1, is nearly straight. rIhe opposite line ot' thegauntletcorresponds with the tlaring line of the part A. The projectionB1 covers the back of the thumb, and has its lines slightly tapering, asshown. C represents the front ot' hand. rl`his parts is obvious. Thegauntlets of A and B are united. The piece D is inserted as the front ofthumb.

It will be observed that at no point are three seams united, and that,it' the thumb be pulled back from the hand, as shown in Fig. 1,(lowerview,) the strain will come upon the point where there is no seam.

The mitten described is easily made, and

without waste of material. .Y

From the arrangement of the seams no spe cial strain comes upon them,and consequently the mitten wears well.`

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A mit-ten constructed of the four parts AB C D, shaped as shown, and sounited that no seam is formed at the folding-point between the thumb andhand portion or straining-point ot' the article, substantially asdescribed, and t'or the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 7 th day 0i November, 1868.

ORSON BARTLIT. GEO. D. EDSON.

Vitnesses O. A. PENNOYER, G. W. FORD.

